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Optic Nerve by Maria Gainza; Thomas Bunstead (Translator)
Category: Fiction
The narrator of Optic Nerve is an Argentinian woman whose obsession is art. The story of her life is the story of the paintings, and painters, who matter to her. Her intimate, digressive voice guides us through a gallery of moments that have touched her. In Optic Nerve, El Greco visits the Sistine Chape ...Show more
Optic Nerve by Maria Gainza
Category: Fiction
"In this delightful autofiction―the first book by Gainza, an Argentine art critic, to appear in English―a woman delivers pithy assessments of world-class painters along with glimpses of her life, braiding the two into an illuminating whole." ―The New York Times Book Review, Notable Book of the Year and ...Show more
Optic Nerve by Maria Gainza; Thomas Bunstead (Translator)
Category: Fiction
'Whenever I'm in survival mode I find myself magnetised by museums and galleries, like people running for air raid shelters in wartime . . .' The narrator of Optic Nerve is an Argentinian woman whose obsession is art. The story of her life is the story of the paintings, and painters, who matter to her. ...Show more
Portrait of an Unknown Lady by Maria Gainza
Category: Fiction
For readers of Olivia Laing, Mariana Enriquez, Deborah Levy and Valeria Luiselli, a playfully brilliant novel about women's influence, legacy, art and friendship Set in Buenos Aires of the '60s and present day, this is a glittering novel full of intrigue and glamour. It celebrates three magnetic women a ...Show more
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